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[hddk]

Hi!

Last year I've bought some plants to my little collection and this spring they pleased me with these flowers:

S. alata



S. flava 'Brunswick Co.'



S. leucophylla



S. leucophylla 'Escambia Co.'



S. rubra ssp. gulfensis



S. rubra ssp. rubra



S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. burkii & S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. venosa



S. x 'Farnhamii'



S. purpurea hybrid #1



S. purpurea hybrid #2



S. leucophylla hybrid



Best regards,
hddk

[Devon.B]

Great selection of nicely coloured flowers.  Your photos illustrate their beauty very nicely.

[Alexis]

Our of interest, are the burkii flowers the same height as the venosa ones? I've got a flowering purpurea ssp venosa var. montana with very short scapes. Is the 'burkii is the only purpurea to grow short flowers' school of thought a myth?

[Daniel G]

Very nice!

[hddk]

My plants have similar flowerstalks, burkii about 23 cm and venosa about 25 cm.



Regards,
hddk

[meizwang]

Alexis, on 02 May 2012 - 09:49 AM, said:

Our of interest, are the burkii flowers the same height as the venosa ones? I've got a flowering purpurea ssp venosa var. montana with very short scapes. Is the 'burkii is the only purpurea to grow short flowers' school of thought a myth?

Hi Alexis,

that's an interesting question-to chime in, S. roseas in my collection consistently had short flower stems, even among different locations.  S. purpurea venosa, on the other hand, had a lot of variation.  The plants from old dock, columbus Co, NC had medium to short flower stalks.  Another clone, which involved genetics from Brunswick Co, NC, has extremely tall flower stalks.

With the montanas, the transylvania Co, NC flower stalks are all short, but there's another montana I have that has medium to tall flower stalks.  

With the purpurea ssp. purpurea populations, many are either medium height or tall.  However, the marl bog form from Docus Bay, ON  is very short like the roseas.